✱ is the Unicode character HEAVY ASTERISK, code point U+2731 (decimal 10033) in the Dingbats block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ✱, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 9C B1.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+2731 |
| Decimal | 10033 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 9C B1 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 2731 |
| UTF-32 | 00002731 |
| HTML decimal | ✱ |
| HTML hex | ✱ |
| CSS | \2731 |
| JavaScript | \u2731 |
| JSON | \u2731 |
| Python | \u2731 |
| Python by name | \N{HEAVY ASTERISK} |
| Java, C# | \u2731 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{2731} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u2731 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%9C%B1 |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character is one code unit long. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | HEAVY ASTERISK |
| Code point | U+2731 (decimal 10033) |
| Block | Dingbats (U+2700–U+27BF) |
| General category | So: Other symbol |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | ON: Other neutral |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Nearby in Dingbats
- ✩ U+2729 Stress Outlined White Star
- ✪ U+272A Circled White Star
- ✫ U+272B Open Centre Black Star
- ✬ U+272C Black Centre White Star
- ✭ U+272D Outlined Black Star
- ✮ U+272E Heavy Outlined Black Star
- ✯ U+272F Pinwheel Star
- ✰ U+2730 Shadowed White Star
- ✲ U+2732 Open Centre Asterisk
- ✳ U+2733 Eight-spoked asterisk
- ✴ U+2734 Eight-pointed star
- ✵ U+2735 Eight Pointed Pinwheel Star
- ✶ U+2736 Six Pointed Black Star
- ✷ U+2737 Eight Pointed Rectilinear Black Star
- ✸ U+2738 Heavy Eight Pointed Rectilinear Black Star
- ✹ U+2739 Twelve Pointed Black Star
All 192 characters: Dingbats.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ✱?
- Use ✱ (decimal) or ✱ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+2731?
- E2 9C B1 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%9C%B1.
- How do I write U+2731 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u2731. Python: \u2731.
Source
Unicode Character Database 18.0.0 (Unicode License v3); HTML entity names from the WHATWG HTML Standard (CC BY 4.0). The encodings above are computed from the code point and checked against Python's encoders. How the character looks depends on your fonts.
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